Books like The Open Work

12 books to read next

• What Is Art? Leo Tolstoy 4.4 h
• The Voices of Silence André Malraux 12.1 h
• The Gentle Art of Making Enemies James McNeill Whistler 6.2 h
• Art, Self and Knowledge Keith Lehrer 3.9 h
• The Art Instinct Denis Dutton 4.7 h
• Art in Theory, 1815-1900 Jason Gaiger, Charles Harrison, Paul Wood 20.1 h
• Art as Therapy Alain De Botton, John Armstrong 4.4 h
• De Rerum Natura Titus Lucretius Carus 5.2 h
• Visual Thinking Rudolf Arnheim 6.3 h
• Art on My Mind bell hooks 4.1 h
• The Meaning of Meaning C. K. Ogden, I. A. Richards, Francis Graham Crookshank, Bronislaw Malinowski, Umberto Eco 6.7 h
• A Pattern Language Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein, Max Jacobson, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Shlomo Angel, Nax Jacobsohn 21.5 h

How long each takes

What Is Art? Leo Tolstoy 4.4 h The Voices of Silence André Malraux 12.1 h The Gentle Art of Making Enemies James McNeill Whistler 6.2 h Art, Self and Knowledge Keith Lehrer 3.9 h The Art Instinct Denis Dutton 4.7 h Art in Theory, 1815-1900 Jason Gaiger, Charles Harrison, Paul Wood 20.1 h Art as Therapy Alain De Botton, John Armstrong 4.4 h De Rerum Natura Titus Lucretius Carus 5.2 h Visual Thinking Rudolf Arnheim 6.3 h Art on My Mind bell hooks 4.1 h The Meaning of Meaning C. K. Ogden, I. A. Richards, Francis Graham Crookshank, Bronislaw Malinowski, Umberto Eco 6.7 h A Pattern Language Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein, Max Jacobson, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Shlomo Angel, Nax Jacobsohn 21.5 h

Bar height shows length. Estimated at 250 words a minute.